{{Short description|Genus of leaf beetles from New Caledonia}} {{Automatic taxobox |display_parents=2 |taxon=Kumatoeides |authority=Gómez-Zurita, 2018<ref name="gz2018">{{cite journal|last=Gómez-Zurita|first=J.|year=2018|title=Description of ''Kumatoeides'' gen. nov. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae) from New Caledonia|journal=Zootaxa|volume=4521|issue=1|pages=89–115|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4521.1.4|pmid=30486162|s2cid=54103756 }}</ref> |type_species=''Kumatoeides aulacia'' |type_species_authority=Gómez-Zurita, 2018 }}
'''''Kumatoeides''''' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Platania|first1=L.|last2=Gómez-Zurita|first2=J.|year=2023|title=Current knowledge on the diversity of Eumolpinae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) in New Caledonia|journal=ZooKeys|issue=1177|pages=41–55|doi=10.3897/zookeys.1177.101293|doi-access=free|pmid=37692319 |pmc=10483691 |hdl=10261/337235|hdl-access=free}}</ref> The genus is endemic to New Caledonia.<ref name="gz2018"/> The genus was first erected in 2018 by Spanish entomologist Jesús Gómez-Zurita.<ref name="gz2018"/><ref name="gzweb">{{cite web |title=Gomez-Zurita Lab |url=http://molevol.cmima.csic.es/gomez-zurita/ |website=molevol.cmima.csic.es |access-date=26 December 2018 |archive-date=22 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822191123/http://molevol.cmima.csic.es/gomez-zurita/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The generic name is the Latin transliteration of the Greek adjective {{lang|grc|κυματοειδής}}, meaning "corrugated", referring to the regular striae on the elytra of the beetles.<ref name="gz2018"/>
==Species== * ''Kumatoeides anomala'' <small>Gómez-Zurita, 2018</small><ref name="gz2018"/> * ''Kumatoeides aulacia'' <small>Gómez-Zurita, 2018</small><ref name="gz2018"/> * ''Kumatoeides costata'' <small>(Jolivet, Verma & Mille, 2007)</small><ref name="jolivet2007">{{cite journal|first1=P.|last1=Jolivet|first2=K.K.|last2=Verma|first3=C.|last3=Mille|year=2007|title=New Genera and Species of Eumolpinae from New Caledonia (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)|url=http://www.bio-nica.info/biblioteca/Jolivet2007Eumolpinae.PDF|journal=Revue Française d'Entomologie |series=Nouvelle Série|volume=29|issue=2–3|pages=77–92}}</ref> * ''Kumatoeides leptalei'' <small>Gómez-Zurita, 2018</small><ref name="gz2018"/> * ''Kumatoeides megale'' <small>Gómez-Zurita, 2018</small><ref name="gz2018"/> * ''Kumatoeides metallica'' <small>Gómez-Zurita, 2018</small><ref name="gz2018"/> * ''Kumatoeides millei'' <small>Gómez-Zurita, 2018</small><ref name="gz2018"/> * ''Kumatoeides tarsalis'' <small>Gómez-Zurita, 2018</small><ref name="gz2018"/> * ''Kumatoeides wanati'' <small>Gómez-Zurita, 2018</small><ref name="gz2018"/>
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Category:Eumolpinae Category:Chrysomelidae genera Category:Beetles of Oceania Category:Insects of New Caledonia Category:Endemic fauna of New Caledonia
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